Biochar ageing effects on soil respiration, biochar wettability and gaseous CO2 adsorption

• Published in: Mitigation and adaptation strategies for global change Vol. 29; no. 2; p. 11
• Main Authors: Ojeda, Gerardo, Gil, João M., Mattana, Stefania, Bachmann, Jörg, Quenea, Katell, Sobral, Abílio J. F. N.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht Springer Netherlands 01.02.2024; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Adsorption; Ageing; Aging; Atmospheric Sciences; biochar; carbon; Carbon capture and storage; Carbon dioxide; Carbon dioxide emissions; Carbon sequestration; Charcoal; Climate Change Management and Policy; Earth and Environmental Science; Earth Sciences; Environmental Management; hydrophilicity; Hydrophobicity; Original Article; Populus; Respiration; Soil; Soil adsorption; Soil improvement; Soil properties; soil respiration; soil treatment; Soils; Temporal variations; Terrestrial ecosystems; vegetation; Wettability; adsorption; Ageing; Contact angle; Biochar; CO; Soil respiration; Carbon sequestration

The CO 2 emission rates have been continuously incremented during the last decades. To mitigate it, a method to store carbon in terrestrial ecosystems is the addition of biochar to soil. After its application to soil, biochar suffers an ageing process, able to deteriorate its functional properties a...